The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-04

ro,,,siic c;,,,volutions with your taper sn
gers, and"
.,fov;:. Lor>l.' said Abe with an cxpress;o,
oe ,iocp veariacss, but without looliino !"
Eau,,; direction, "wl,o's pulled the s,rnr =,
,h.;t ,.,as; iri:i and set it 10 eoinE,s When l.
,,o, < started oncc it rolls out big words ILL.,.
n,,,l,u, dropping out O. the tail Of q y,,,,ou
,,oi,rr up l.;il. And t!,err:s 10 way O. sson
,,:,,,, il. c;t!,er. Hon'ye just got to wait tin
it runs down"
.Th, Proverbs say 80 ti.tinyly that a fco,
,ieiishtc,n not in wise iDstruction,'' said
Ecut. ;5 he stepped around to the other sis
,f tl,, firr. His foot fell upon Il proi.ct;n,
twir. the o.,,cr end OF which flow uu nn1
landed a ycs.v hot coal oi, tho Eask of Alrss
hand Ahe; action followed that of fin.
+wio.. in the suddcnnes*; Of his upsprinrinc
11> hu,!.d ;.n oath and nlel,rand at H.,
co,,,r:n!e.
"Thi, is really becoming domestic" said
Kent is he laughingly lodged. "Tl,e gentle
amenities could not cluster moro ..ii:,,v
orov:,u our i.vsi.la, even ii we were married"
When Abe resumed his seat he did not
come down exactly upon the spot from which
hc had arisen. It was Il littlo farther to tho
right, where he had stuck the needle Ho
had forgotten all about it, but be rose with a
howl wien it kccnly reminded him that like
the star spangled banner, it was still tl.clcn
"Dont rise on my account, beg" said
Kent with dcprccutory wave Of the hand.
as he hurried off to where l,o could laugh
with safety. A saucy drummer hoy, WHO
neglected this prccaution, received cuff from,
AIcs heavy hand that thrilled the rest of tbc
drum corps with delight.
When Abc's wrath subsidized from this cbu}
licat :,..a.,,c back to Its customary one Of sim
n,cr, Kent vcntureu to return.
"s;ay," said lie, pulling over the coats and
blankets near the fire, where's that can
tccns"
"yhcrc it is by tho cups Can't you see it,
If it wa, q snake it'll bite you.'
"IL's done that already, several times, or
rather its contents have. You k,lo., what
the Eiblc says, 'Bite,h like II serpent and
stingeth like an adt!er:' .Ah, here it is But
gloomy fo.rbo.lings scizc NC; it Is :.ispic.
iously light Payadoxically, its li.htncss in
,luccs gravity in n,c. Bat that pun is en-
tirey too tncdrawu for camp atmosphere"
uc shook tho cn.t22n llca:. his car. "Alas.
no gurglc responds to my fond cortsas:
Canteen, NIavorrnccu. Q, why a,t tho, silent,
Thou voice Of my heart:
1t is-woe is met is empty"
"Of ro,,rs, it is--ycu were the las: person at
it,"
II hurl that foul in,Dutation back into thy
teeth, base nave Thou thysclf art Il very
daughter Of II horse lce:h with Il ca,,t"cn of
whisky"
Abe looked at him inquiringly. "You
n,ust'vo found some, some place" )" be said, "or
you wouldn't be 20 awfully glib. It's taken
bout half Il pint 10 loosen your tongue 50 that
it'd run this way. know you."
".So, I've not found {, spoonful. The elo-
Qucncc Of thirst is tho only inspiration have
ut present. I fain would stay it's cravings by
nuatli:,g bcakcr of mountain distilled lair
curlcr Mayl1ap this hun,,l. receptacle con-
tains yet {. few drops which escaped thy raw
cnous thirst"
Kent turned the calteen upside down, and
placed its mouth urc,, his tongue. "No," he
said, with deep dejc:tiou, 'all that delicious
fluid OF yesterday is now like tho Father of
his Country"
"l.h:' said Abe, pus:led.
Because it is no lat>re-~;t is no more 1t
belongs to Tie r,llrtur.siH:s l,:,stt."
Il say" he continued after u moments
pause. 10 out a,lu hunt ior some There
must be plenty in this nei5hbo:locd. Nature
never makes y wal:t without provi6n; :o,nc-
thing TO supply il. Therefore, Judging from
r,T thirst, this country ought to be full Of
,l;stil!crics,
They b',ckled Oh their belts, picked up their
r''ns and started out, directing their steps to
t.ln front.
liz spite Of tho sunshine tho walk through
nc battlefield was depressing. Scattered over
ITO mountain si.lc wclo fatigue parties CHI
Ga--ad in hunting up the dead and buryinG
them in shallow graves hastily dug in clay SO
rtl that it seemed as if saturated With tho
Blood shed tho day before. Tho buricrs thrust
tAc!r hands into the pockets of tho dead with
tic E.'c.irg, lauseatcd air Of mon touching
1'it.!, ui.a took from the garment; scnpias
WAN water and blood, watches, letters, am
broty2>s, money and t:inlct;, soma Of which
l:l'y studied to cain Il rlcw to tho dead Elans
I'"i'-tj', nI.:c retained as souvenirs. bat threw
.ilc hilSt Et"k into the grave with al .!!'ot
loath'n2. Tho faces OF the dead, with their
staring eyes C.!l open mouths; and lon..., )aal;
hair, cloyel with tac SAID and mud thrown
up by TIC beating rain, looked ii;lcscrhably
r"pll&ivc.
Tho huricrs found it better to begin their
WORK s,y covering the features will, IL cap or
{: h:'oad hrimnad hat. It was di;..:<u!t for
I'll" roa's2st of ,ac.l to fling Il spa.lctul OF
dai.i> clay directly upon tho wit!e-op2n eyes
ana s9e:si.:;S yslca!;in, mouth.
"Ihtsc fellows souls" sail 1scnt, regarding
the roil2cs, ''sc,:,, to have left t!.cir earthly
h''H,' i, s;'~l, haste that they forgot 10 close
Tic too!s and windows after them. Some
where have read OF a sulursti1iol that b"!iy
tctene:ita lett i'll this way were last!c to be
entered AMI occupied Ly evil spirits, anil from
tA'S reese the cls>o.n Of roui!y closing tho
eyes and n,oatl@ Of deceased friends"
No worse spirits likely to !svt into them